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Motherhood chords by Jerry Herman

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Adim

  • F#m

    2
  • Ab

    4
  • Db

    4
  • Eb

    6
  • Bbm

  • Dbm

    4
  • Bb

  • Cm

    3
  • Fm

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Verse 1
(D major) I stand (G major) for motherhood, America,
and a hot lunch for orphans.
(A minor) Take off your hat, sir,
Betsy Ross's (D major) flag is passing.
(G major) Do you see him on (C major) the hill at Gettysburg?
(A major) Need that great triumphal (D major) arch?
(G major) If you (C major) see him as he's trampling
through the (B minor) grapes of (E minor) wrath,
Stand up (A minor) an d march,
(Adim) (D major) march, (G major) march! (E minor) (A minor) (D major)
I stand for (G major) motherhood, Amer (E minor) ica
an (G major) d a hot lunch
For (D major) orphans, (A minor) take off your (D major) hat
Sir, (A minor) there's (Adim) a tear -stained (D major) eagle passing
Do (G major) you see him?
From the (C major) bridge at Waterloo
Neat's (A major) that (F sharp minor) great tri (A major) umphal (D major) arch
(G major) If you (C major) hear him singing,
Dixie in the (B minor) sugar cane
(E minor) Stand up and (A minor) march, (Adim) (D major) march,
(G major) march. (A minor) (D major) (A flat major)
I (D flat major) stand (E flat major) for (A flat major) my vote. Oh, no, no.
And for our vote.
For our vote.
Oh, (B flat minor) I regret that I won
last year (D flat minor) for my coun (E flat major) try.
(A flat major) In the words of Lincoln, (D flat major) one,
if I land in June, I (B flat major) see yes,
then I chop that cherry tree (E flat major) down.
Oh, Stonewall, (D flat major) Jackson,
glory, glory, hallelujah.
(C minor) Oh, (F minor) yeah, stand up and (D flat major) march! (D flat minor)
(E flat major) March! (A flat major) Four score and
seven years (D flat major) ago!
(D flat minor) March! (E flat major) March!
(A flat major) To form a more perfect union!
(D flat minor) March! (E flat major) March!
Damn the torpedoes,
full speed ahead!
(D flat minor) March! (E flat major) March!
(A flat major) March!
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